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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Laurie's college notebook had symbolized what fact to Andy at the time?
(a) That Laurie was unknowable.
(b) That Andy was smarter than Laurie.
(c) That Laurie was smarter than Andy.
(d) That Laurie was a genius.

2. Andy states that all lawyers feel the same way about the court system. How does he say lawyers feel about the court system?
(a) Lawyers believe that the court system in America is the best one in the world.
(b) Lawyers do not think the court system is particularly good at finding the truth.
(c) Lawyers do not think the court system is good at sorting out evil people from good people.
(d) Lawyers think the court system is particularly good at finding the truth.

3. Where is Andy during the search of the park ten days after Ben's murder?
(a) At his office.
(b) In the parking lot at the entrance to the park.
(c) Participating in the search in the park.
(d) At his home.

4. What does Dan tell Andy when they encounter one another ten days after Ben's murder?
(a) That he thinks Patz may have murdered Ben.
(b) That he thinks Andy is doing a great job on Ben's murder case.
(c) That he wants to interview a few of Ben's classmates himself.
(d) That he wants a different DA for Ben's murder case.

5. When Andy characterizes himself as extremely conventional, what does he say about Jonathan Klein's personality?
(a) Unpredictable.
(b) Accomplished at lying.
(c) Wildly creative.
(d) Vaguely bohemian.

6. Who discovers Ben's dead body?
(a) A jogger.
(b) The school principal.
(c) Andy.
(d) Officer Duffy.

7. Whom does Andy find in the upstairs bedroom of Ben's family's home when he goes to retrieve an object?
(a) Ben's grandmother.
(b) Ben's sister.
(c) Ben's father.
(d) Ben's mother.

8. On what part of Ben's body are the stab wounds found?
(a) His chest.
(b) His head.
(c) His back.
(d) His leg.

9. Where is Ben's body discovered?
(a) In his bedroom.
(b) In the park.
(c) Behind the library.
(d) At school.

10. Who accompanies Jacob to school the day it reopens after Ben's murder?
(a) Andy, Laurie, and Neal.
(b) Andy and Laurie.
(c) Just Laurie.
(d) Just Andy.

11. Laurie says that living with Andy and Jacob is like living with a couple of what?
(a) Plants.
(b) Tombstones.
(c) Brick walls.
(d) Con artists.

12. To what location had Ben been walking when he was murdered?
(a) His girlfriend's house.
(b) The synagogue.
(c) School.
(d) The public library.

13. At what location is Jacob ultimately found by the police?
(a) In the play structure behind the elementary school.
(b) In the attic of his family home.
(c) In the woods of Cold Spring Park.
(d) In Derek's backyard.

14. What amount of bail does Neal request be placed upon Jacob in the interim before the murder trial?
(a) $750,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $10,000.

15. What does Lynn tell Andy when he calls her from the park ten days after Ben's murder?
(a) She tells him that he is fired.
(b) She tells him that Laurie had called earlier in a panic.
(c) She tells him to come in to the office to talk to her.
(d) She tells him that he is off Ben's murder case.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose idea is it to hire a psychiatric expert to assess Jacob?

2. Andy characterizes himself as a person who has been exposed to what?

3. How does Andy say he feels about men of his father's generation?

4. Laurie says that from what age in Jacob's life, other kids had started to turn up hurt around Jacob?

5. What change does Andy NOT make to his running routine once Jacob is indicted for murder?

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